Mind-Body Medicine – Contemplative End-of-Life Care

Guided by our compassionate and holistic approach to care, you will emerge from the Mind-Body Medicine – Contemplative End-of-Life Care course at Saybrook University with the capacity to help individuals accept death with grace and mindfulness.

The Mind-Body Medicine – Contemplative End-of-Life Care course at Saybrook University draws upon insights from psychology, medicine, sociology, philosophy, and spirituality to nurture profound understanding and compassion for those who wish to become an advocate for the dying and create optimal support, comfort, and care for those facing life’s final chapter and their loved ones.Within the Contemplative End-of-Life Care Specialization curriculum, you will study end-of-life decision-making, loss, grief, mourning, cultural humility, and much more.This vital work goes beyond providing comfort in someone’s final days. In addition to the topics above, you will learn how to cultivate a courageous presence with the dying, provide mindful support to the grieving, and explore your own experiences and attitudes toward death.

Job Outcomes

Upon completion of the thanatology Ph.D. programme, you will have an enhanced skill set and deepened perspective to augment your current practice or, with the appropriate licensure, expand into other roles and settings, including:

• Palliative care practitioners

• Hospice care coordinators

• End-of-life counselors or therapists

• Researchers

• Educators

Courses include:

• Contemplative Approaches to Thanatology

• Contemplative Inquiry and Creativity in the End-of-Life Relationship

• Evidence-Based Skills in CEOL